This last weekend was opening weekend for General Season Elk in Utah. I had plenty of cows come with in 50 ft and the only time I saw a bull was when he was at a full sprint running threw the thickest stuff on the mountain!

I don't know if General Elk has started anywhere else but lets hear some stories and see some pics!!

I didn't go out last weekend for the opener. We are going to head up Thursday and stay for a few days. the area I hunt needs a little hunting pressure around it to move the animals into the canyon we hunt.. Besides did you see the weather on Sunday.

ID General Elk hunt opens next week. the girl friend hasnt decided what she is doing yet. If we go out, I will let you know. Im expecting to eat tag soup... the IDFG shut the hunt I hunted for 10 years down, so i dunno where to go.

Well I went out again this weekend to Unita Canyon just north of Roosevelt and saw about 50 cows and a few bulls on the Indian Land (go figure) All the Elk were moving up and down this one canyon and one bull was just screaming his head off. Saturday night I hiked up the canyon and the wind was perfect and right as the sun started to go down that bull starts bugling moving down the canyon. Every 5 min he'd let out a bugle and it was getting closer and closer. Finally he let out a bugle and you could tell he was within a 100 yards moving down. You could hear him breathe and hear the rasp in his bugle. I put my sights right to the little clearing he'd be coming into. All the sudden the wind changed and went up the canyon and everything went silent. The next morning I went to the top of the canyon and worked my way down trying to catch this bull that was bugling and my buddy would meet me at the bottom of the canyon. Well some Dumb A$$ decided to move up the canyon trying to pull the bull in with some bugles. He just scared everything off. I get down to the bottom to find out my buddy had 3 good bulls run right in front of him on the road and stopped 50 yards from the truck in a little opening. Hopefully I can find a bull this week before the hunt ends!

We had a good hunt this year. Usually I get an any bull tag but this year I got a spike only tag so that we could hunt our favorite unit. We got a bull on the first day then another on the second day. There were so many elk bugling we almost moved our camp after the first night so that we could get some sleep.

Here are some pics. Check out the deer right in camp checking out the hanging elk. (I'm in the bottom pic)

We all spend our time at the range, making sure our rifle is shooting just right. We get it dialed in, and then we head to the woods, ready to shoot our animal. Well, what happens if the animal comes out where you do not expect it? Will you be able to make the shot?
This scenario has happened to me. My first deer I ever shot, I had to shoot left handed. I had never practiced that way, and paid for it by having my nose broken with the scope. If I had just...